On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Glenn Todd wrote:

> However still cannot get any  output other than two blank pages every
> time I use the lpr -PHP5L /public/textfile
> 
>  I have created the following in /etc/printcap for my Laserjet 5L
>  connect through the RPC Parallel port:
> 
> Any ideas why I cannot get anything but blank pages.

I'm not an expert on these new-fangled-PC-printer-type-things, but chances
are it doesn't grok plain ascii text. Anyone else know what you feed to
one of these beasties? Postscript?

Cheers, Steve (Give me a good ol' dot matrix anyday! ;-)